Mining Incidents

Plant #2 Metal/Non-Metal

Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, SD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3901456

Plant #2 has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2002
Latest incident
May 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
23
citations
8
significant & substantial
$10,047
proposed penalties
$8,032
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,015 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
20
inspections on record
203
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 203 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Plant #2 has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5 outstanding across 2 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$10K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$5
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-11-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 2 1
2010 Q3 1,174 1 0 851.8
2010 Q2 1,274 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 690 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,153 1 0 867.3
2009 Q2 1,270 7 5 5511.8
Show 28 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 465 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 862 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 715 3 0 4195.8
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 84 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,082 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 640 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,047 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 751 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 546 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,150 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,657 1 0 376.4
2005 Q3 2,831 3 1 1059.7
2005 Q2 5,105 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,358 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,693 1 1 175.7
2004 Q3 5,669 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,567 3 0 656.9
2004 Q1 1,556 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,950 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,777 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 6,777 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 6,240 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 8,580 1 0 116.6
2002 Q3 6,192 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,192 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2002 · 1 incident

May 10, 2002 SD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Dakota Earthworks Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOCKING RING BLEW OFF TIRE. THE SERVICE TECH HAS A BROKEN WRIST (L) AND CRACKED C2 & C5 VERTEBRAE IN HIS NECK AND CORNEAL ABRASIONS.

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The full compliance file on Plant #2

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.